The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, covering an area of barely 25 km2, and located about 12 km from Kothamangalam (Kerala state, India), was the first bird sanctuary in Kerala. Salim Ali, one of the best known ornithologists, described this sanctuary as the richest bird habitat on peninsular India.[1][2] Thattekkad literally means flat forest, and the region is a deciduous but generally moist low-land forest surrounding the Periyar River, the longest river in Kerala.
Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary തട്ടേക്കാട് പക്ഷി സങ്കേതം
Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary
The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary has a rich and varied birdlife.[2] Several species of birds, both forest birds as well as water birds, visit the sanctuaries; notable ones include the following:
The Indian pitta, which visits the sanctuary during winter and spends almost six months here.
The sanctuary is a habitat for different varieties of cuckoos and a region of the sanctuary popularly called "Cuckoo Paradise" is home to them, among which are the:
Drongo cuckoo, which may be easily mistaken for drongo,
Ceylon Frogmouth (Sri Lankan Frogmouth), surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
View of Periyar from Pappitta Bird Trail
A landscape at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
A landscape at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
Thattekad Reservoir
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary Trail
Notesedit
^"Bird sanctuaries: Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary". ENVIS Centre: Kerala, State of Environment and Related Issues, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. from the original on 1 January 2013.
^ ab"Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary and the Dr. Salim Ali, Ernakulam". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
Referencesedit
Swarna V.; Ramakrishnana, S. (28 May 2006). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013.
"Bird sanctuaries: Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary". ENVIS Centre: Kerala, State of Environment and Related Issues, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. from the original on 1 January 2013.
Staff (5 May 2009). "Rich pickings await bird lovers here". The New Indian Express. from the original on 1 January 2013.
Staff (12 August 2010). "Feel the wild at Thattekkad". Malayala Manorama.
External linksedit
Things to Know before Travelling Thattekad
Thattekad Sanctuary Entry fees and Timings
Thattekad Butterfly park
Thattekad Bird List
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